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Nervous System Neuro
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the nervous system do? | Monitors the internal and external coordination, determines appropriate resposes, sends signals to muscles and glands respond |
| What are the major divisions of the nervous system? | Central Nervous System = brain and spinal cord Peripheral nervous system = nerves throughout the body |
| What does the sensory division do? | It carries info from sense organs to CNS |
| What does the moto division do? | It sends info from CNS to muscle/glands |
| The Somatic and Autonomic NS are a part of what division? | Motor division |
| What is the somatic NS responsible for? | It carries infor to skeletal muscles |
| What is the autonomic NS responsible for? | It carries infor to glands, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle |
| Sympathetic NS | "Flight or Fight" |
| Parasympathetic NS | "Rest and Digest" |
| What are the two types of cells in the nervous system? | Neurons & Glia |
| Name three things that neurons do. | Generate and conduct electrical signals, communticate with other neurons through chemical means, responsible for most of the input, processing, and output of the nervous system |
| Name three things that glia do. | Maintain homeostasis, support neurons, form myelin |
| What is a cell body made of and what is its function? | It includes nucleus & most other organelles. The function is to intergrate all incoming info |
| What is a dendrites function? | To receive signals from other neurons or enviornment |
| What does an axon's function? | Conducts electrical signal |
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